Microsoft Management Console (MMC) in Windows 7

Microsoft Windows includes a console of various tools which is used for managing and maintenance functions.

The console is called as Microsoft Management Console (MMC) which hosts and displays administrative tools created by Microsoft and other software providers for Windows. These tools are called snap-ins, and they are used for managing the hardware, software, and network components of Windows.

Several of the tools are available in the Administrative Tools folder in Control Panel, such as Computer Management, are MMC snap-ins.

Windows 7 MMC ver3.0 comes with many new snap-ins. such as performance monitoring tools etc.

For more information about a specific MMC snap-in, open an MMC snap-in and read the Help topics that come with it. You can access the Help topics by clicking the Help menu, and then clicking Help Topics.

If you use consoles in lots of various locations its sometimes easier to just hit WIN+R and type mmc followed by the console name. e.g. mmc devmgmt.msc opens the Device Manager. Works fine in a Powershell or command prompt too. WIN+R and just mmc opens a blank console.

Here are the names of most of the consoles:
azman.msc
-- Authorization Stores Manager Console (not what it sounds like)